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(7LGA/2/1/08-22 Sep 1914 Written from H\303\264tel Claridge, Paris.)Tj
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(Transcript: Dearest Mother Your v. welcome letters reached safely. Th\
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(much, and an X Ray apparatus, and more instruments. The shell injuries\
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